Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	26.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	206% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '18 at 14:38
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$110 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 86.4 1-Core 107 2-Core 218 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 431 57% 429 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 6150) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.1% Poor	Lighting 32 Reflection 24.6 Parallax 29.9 26% 28.8 fps	MRender 35.5 Gravity 31 Splatting 30.3 26% 32.3 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 340GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1190 1338 1357 1397 1388 1348 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 1,804 Write 1,378 Mixed 915 SusWrite 1,336 304% 1,358 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 69.2 4K Mixed 43.4 145% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 161 121% 161 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 283%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 65GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,490 Write 1,447 Mixed 653 265% 1,197 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 53.9 4K Mixed 36.3 124% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 160 120% 159 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Seagate ST3320813AS 320GB 4,058 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 281GB free Firmware: HP14 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 116 118 118 118 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 116 Write 109 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 117 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 65%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 9,084 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1TB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 111 109 109 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	40.5% Average	Read 75.5 Write 76 Mixed 31 SusWrite 110 100% 73.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT4G4DFS8213.C8FADP CT4G4DFS8213.C8FADP Kingston 9905678-024.A00G Kingston 9905678-024.A00G 16GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2187, 2187, 2187, 2187 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 25.2 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 22.3 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 93%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,689x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,436x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	612x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,144x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	863x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	809x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	339x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	240x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	761x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	158x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $693

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16